Chuck Rozanski
Encyclopedia
Charles Rozanski is a German-American retailer and columnist, known as the President and CEO of the Denver, Colorado
-based Mile High Comics
Inc., and a columnist for the Comics Buyer's Guide
.
, Germany
and later moved to the United States
with his mother and stepfather, an American army officer.
for his long-standing dedication to the protection of free speech.
Denver, Colorado
The City and County of Denver is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Denver is a consolidated city-county, located in the South Platte River Valley on the western edge of the High Plains just east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains...
-based Mile High Comics
Mile High Comics
Mile High Comics is an online retailer and a chain of 4 Colorado comic book stores founded by Chuck Rozanski in 1969 from his parents' basement in Colorado Springs, Colorado....
Inc., and a columnist for the Comics Buyer's Guide
Comics Buyer's Guide
Comics Buyer's Guide , established in 1971, is the longest-running English-language periodical reporting on the American comic book industry...
.
Early life
Rozanski was born in Goldbach, BavariaGoldbach, Bavaria
Goldbach is a market community in the Aschaffenburg district in the Regierungsbezirk of Lower Franconia in Bavaria, Germany.-Location:...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
and later moved to the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
with his mother and stepfather, an American army officer.
Career
Mile High Comics was started out of Rozanski's parents' basement in 1969, and since then has become one of the largest comic book retail companies in the United States. Rozanski is widely recognized as an industry leader, and in 2003 he was awarded the Defender of Liberty award by the Comic Book Legal Defense FundComic Book Legal Defense Fund
The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund is a United States non-profit organization created in 1986 to protect the First Amendment rights of comics creators, publishers, and retailers covering legal expenses....
for his long-standing dedication to the protection of free speech.